1 euro BELGIUM (2008)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
23.25 mm	7.5 g	2.33 mm	Cu₇₅Zn₂₀Ni₅/Cu₇₅Ni₂₅

obverse:

in the coin centre small head of King of Belgium - Albert II facing left; on his right the royal monogram, lower: BE (code of Belgium in ISO 3166-2 standard); below the head year of issue: 2008; at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

reverse:

left from the coin centre face value: 1, on the right inscription: EURO; in the background of the inscription a map of Europe; in the background of the map vertically six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars (the reverse is common for all euro coins)

edge:

three plain and three reeded sections

issue date:

1 I 2008

withdrawal date:

still in circulation

designer:

Jan Alfons Keustermans, Luc Luycx (initials LL below letter 'O' in EURO on the reverse)

mint:

De Koninklijke Munt van België (in Dutch) / La Monnaie Royale de Belgique (in French) (The Royal Belgian Mint), Brussels (mintmark after year of issue on the obverse, before the year of issue a privy mark of mint's chief Romain Coenen)

mintage:

2008

5 000 000

+ 28 000 in boxed sets

privy marks:

We are presenting below privy marks of The Royal Belgian Mint directors, which appear on Belgian coins of euro:

Romain Coenen	1988-2009	scale
Serge Lesens	2010-2012	feather
Bernard Gillard	from 2013	cat

interesting facts:

The royal monogram of Albert II - King of the Belgians in years 1993-2013.

photo: Ssolbergj; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

Last update: 3 X 2015

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